The teams did not face each other during the season. The Carolina Panthers Hall of Honor was established in to honor individuals for their contributions to the Carolina Panthers organization.

Each inductee is honored with a life-sized bronze statue outside of Bank of America Stadium's North Entrance, while the names of each original PSL owner are written on the black granite base at each of the six panther statues.

Nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame , which "honor[s] individuals who have made outstanding contributions to professional football", [] are determined by a member selection committee.

Jerry Richardson was the founder and original owner of the Carolina Panthers. They ranked the Carolina Panthers as the 16th-most valuable NFL team [8] and the 23rd most valuable sports team in the world.

Mike McCormack, a Hall of Fame lineman for the Cleveland Browns and former coach and executive for the Seattle Seahawks, was the Panthers' first team president, presiding in that role from until his retirement in ; McCormack was inducted as the first person in the Carolina Panthers Hall of Honor later that year.

His brother Jon, who had been president of Bank of America Stadium, stepped down at the same time. The resignations of Mark and Jon Richardson were unexpected, as it was thought that the two would eventually take over the team from their father.

The Carolina Panthers have had four head coaches. Dom Capers was the head coach from to and led the team to one playoff appearance. Counting playoff games, he finished with a record of 31— George Seifert coached the team from to , recording 16 wins and 32 losses.

Including playoff games, Fox ended his tenure with a 78— Ron Rivera, the team's current head coach, has held the position since and has led the team to three playoff appearances including Super Bowl 50 which the Panthers also lost.

Counting playoff games, he has a career record of 67—51—1. Since they began playing football in , the Panthers have been to four NFC Championship Games; they lost two and and won two and They have finished as runners-up in their division six times, finishing second-place in the NFC West in and and finishing second-place in the NFC South in , , , and Kicker John Kasay is the team's career points leader.

Kasay scored 1, points during his 16 seasons — with the Panthers. Quarterback Cam Newton , who has played for the Panthers since , is the career passing leader, having thrown for 20, yards over his six seasons with the team.

Stewart, during his tenure with the team — , rushed for 6, yards with the Panthers. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. History of the Carolina Panthers.

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Rookies in italics 53 Active, 18 Inactive, 11 Practice squad. The Panthers started off their season by making their first return to Levi's Stadium since losing to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl Late in the first quarter Cam Newton threw a yard touchdown to Russell Sheppard followed by a Graham Gano field goal.

The Panthers scored six more points in the second quarter with two field goals. In the third Jonathan Stewart scored a touchdown, followed by another Gano field goal.

Robbie Gould's kick with thirteen seconds to go gave the 49ers their first points of the game. Neither the Panthers or 49ers scored in the fourth quarter, resulting in Carolina defeating San Francisco 23—3.

They improved to 1—0. In the Panthers home opener, Carolina's defense allowed only three points for the second straight week, and Graham Gano converted three field goals as the Panthers held on to defeat the Buffalo Bills 9—3 to remain undefeated.

The Panthers improved to 2—0. The Saints were too much for the Panthers as they handed them their first loss of the season, 34— The Panthers fell to 2—1.

In the first quarter, both Carolina and New England managed to only kick field goals. New England scored the first touchdown in the second quarter.

Carolina answered with a touchdown by Fozzy Whitaker which tied the game again. The Patriots later scored with another Stephen Gostkowski field goal.

Devin Funchess caught a ten-yard pass from Newton to give the Panthers a 17—13 lead. With four seconds remaining in the half Gostkowski kicked a yard field goal, making the halftime score 17— Carolina had the only score in the third quarter with a Funchess touchdown but Gano missed the extra point.

The Panthers started the fourth quarter with Cam Newton rushing for a touchdown, increasing the lead to 30— New England managed to score twice, tying the game at With seconds left, Graham Gano kicked the game winning field goal.

The Panthers won 33—30 their first win in Foxborough since and improved to 3—1. Carolina and Detroit were tied with 3 points apiece at the end of the first quarter.

Early in the second, the Lions scored a touchdown, making the score 3— The Panthers answered back with a Christian McCaffery touchdown, tying the game again.

Devin Funchess scored a touchdown towards the end of the quarter, giving the Panthers a 17—10 lead. The Panthers started the second half with Cam Newton throwing a yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin.

Gano later made a yard field goal to extend the lead to 27—10 going into the fourth quarter. Matthew Stafford threw a touchdown a pass to Fells, cutting the Panthers lead to 27— The Lions scored again with another Fells touchdown.

The Panthers held on and won 27—24, improving to 4—1. The Eagles beat the Panthers 28—23, and Carolina fell to 4—2. The Panthers lost for a second straight week by managing to score only one field goal in Chicago.

The Bears beat Carolina 17—3, and they fell to 4—3. The Panthers bounced back after a two-week losing streak, and beat their division rivals 17—3.

Carolina improved to 5—3. This was the Panthers' first game without wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin , who was traded to Buffalo days earlier.

The Falcons were the only team to score in the first quarter, and led 10—0 going into the second. It was vice versa in the second, as Carolina scored two touchdowns for a four point lead at the half.

Atlanta was scoreless again in the third but Carolina scored on two Graham Gano field goals, making it Atlanta had the only score of the fourth quarter, but Carolina survived and won 20— Eric Reid, Ron Rivera disagree with ejection.

Panthers pressured early and often in loss to Steelers. Panthers pounded in Pittsburgh. Inside the Locker Room: A Thursday night to forget.

It was a humbling piece of pie. We made too many mistakes. McCaffrey catches his second TD pass. McCaffrey uses jets to turn short catch into TD.

David Tepper pregame interview in Pittsburgh. Top ten photos from Panthers at Steelers. Panthers arrive for game against Steelers.

Panthers locker room set-up in Pittsburgh. Panthers travel to Pittsburgh. Watch all the top plays.

It was a humbling piece of pie Nov 09, Quarterback Cam Newton meets with the media following the Panthers' loss in Pittsburgh.